Out of the box, setting up the bar to a smart TV is quick and easy. It comes in just as compact of a design at two inches tall and under 24 inches wide, but you can’t use a voice assistant like Google or Alexa like you can with the Smart Soundbar 300. Sonos though, we did find the Beam to offer better connectivity, letting us pair other speakers and products like headphones with the Smart Soundbar 300.įor a slightly more affordable Bose product, the company also sells a remote-controlled TV Speaker for your home theater setup, and it goes for $224. If you’re looking at the competition in the under-$400 price range, Sonos fans might consider the Beam soundbar, which includes Amazon Alexa, and which you can pair your other Sonos products too. (It’s currently out of stock on Bose’s site, but you can still purchase it on Amazon.) The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 currently comes with a $399 pricetag. You can also use the soundbar as your smart home hub too.
We never used to take advantage of voice features like this with our other smart products, but it’s a convenient function to have built into the bar (especially when you can’t find the remote). There were also times we used it for our virtual workout classes, having to pause the stream when we missed a critical step for a move (or when our dog decided to take a nap on our workout mat). We could also ask Google to rewind the show if we missed something a character whispered, or to adjust the volume. Pause.” During our testing of the feature, we noticed an occasional delay between asking the soundbar to play or pause a show and when that actually happened, and we sometimes had to repeat ourselves before it worked. We set up Google Assistant so we could more easily control everything without needing the remote. Related: The Best Soundbars for Home Theaters The remote lets you mute your music and the soundbar with the press of a button, and there are buttons to change the volume, an on/off button and a play/pause button. But after a couple test runs, we knew we could keep our TV’s volume down to zero and activate the Bose’s volume using the handy TV button on the remote that came in the box. That said, it might take some time to get familiar with how it interacts with your smart TV.įor instance, when we wanted to turn up the volume on the bar from our phone, instead of just the bar’s volume increasing, both the smart TV and the soundbar got louder at the same time, which resulted in a strange echo and a soundbar and TV speaker match we would’ve rather skipped. How Do You Control the Bose Smart Soundbar?īose made sure to make its soundbar super functional and easy to run in a variety of ways: with your voice (thanks, Google), with the included Bose remote, and even your phone. As far as how loud it can get, we decided not to explore its limits for fear of getting kicked out of our apartment, but even at lower decibels, dialogue and songs with a lot of bass sounded well-balanced. When it comes to streaming albums, movies and games, the bottom line is that your display’s built-in speakers probably can’t compete with Bose’s superior audio quality.
#Bose soundbar 300 Bluetooth#
While it’s a great fit for your TV, we also like that it’s a good all-around Bluetooth speaker for your house, whether you want to listen to playlists or switch to streaming Justice League or a Tiny Desk concert right from your phone. You’ll hear every rip, roar and rumble of your favorite movie, and pick out all the little details from a favorite track.
#Bose soundbar 300 portable#
Despite its portable size, the bar also fills the room easily with sound, for a truly immersive experience. If you’re using, say, Spotify, you can easily select the soundbar when you’re using the app, so it plays your music through the Bose 300’s speakers. Music, meantime, sounds excellent with the Smart Soundbar 300. You shouldn’t have to constantly adjust the volume from your remote either. It’s no surprise really that watching live sports with the Smart Soundbar might make you feel like part of the crowd for a brief moment - you’ll see it’s the official soundbar of the NFL (as printed right on the box once it arrives), and you can hear why, too: Announcers during games come through clear, without completely blocking out stadium sounds like whistles and calls.
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